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| (186) | Moreover, as mentioned in paragraph 56, firms may incur so-called price adjustments costs, i.e. costs associated with the process of price adjustment. If this is the case, a firm will prefer to limit the number of price changes it makes and may pass on an overcharge only after some time. For instance, such firm would wait until the marginal costs increase accumulate beyond a certain threshold and adjust the price only when this threshold is reached. In certain cases, the overcharge may constitute such a small increase in the marginal costs that the affected purchaser may not find it profitable to pass on the overcharge at all. Conversely, the existence of price adjustment costs may also lead to a passing-on that is larger than the initial overcharge (118). This can be the case if the direct purchaser would be on the verge of changing its prices in the absence of any overcharges. Hence, a small overcharge itself may trigger a large price increase that reflects not only the overcharge but all other cost increases accumulated after the last price adjustment. Whereas such other cost increases may not be attributable to the infringer, a national court may wish to be aware of the fact that, in such a scenario, even a relatively small overcharge may lead to a significant price increase.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.